Magento Setup on Godaddy

So if anyone has ever tried to install the Magento E-commerce application on a godaddy server they may have encountered a few problems.  This is an outline of things to watch out for when installing Magento on a Godaddy linux server.

1. You need to rename php.ini to php5.ini.  This needs to be done before running the installation.
2. Edit the .htaccess file and change the RewriteBase line to reflect the directory containing the magento install.  Instead of Magento the line would read

RewriteBase /whatever_directory_your_site_is_in/

############################################
## enable rewrites

    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine on

############################################
## you can put here your magento root folder
## path relative to web root

    #RewriteBase /magento/

############################################

This will ensure that url rewrites will behave properly

3.  If you are transfering an exhisting install from another server, restore the database first on the new server before installing magento.  Magento should overwrite what it has to and you should still have all of your original data.